Up from Slavery

An Autobiography

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 8

In this acclaimed autobiography, Booker T. Washington makes a case for lifting up his race through education. Washington uses his personal story as the example, from his birth to slave parents on a Virginia plantation and his struggle to go to school to his adult achievements as a public speaker and black leader. Washington outlines more than forty years of his life, emphasizing how he overcame great obstacles in order to pursue his education at Hampton University. As an adult, he opened a school for black students in Tuskegee, Alabama, and later he established other successful vocational schools. Throughout the book, Washington describes his educational philosophy and his hopes and dreams for African Americans. This is an unabridged version of Booker T. Washington’s life story, which was first published in 1901.

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978-1-5415-4800-8
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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 8
Genre Social Studies, Young Adult
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand First Avenue Classics ™
Imprint First Avenue Editions ™
Language English
Publication Date 2019-01-01
Text Type Narrative Nonfiction
BISACS BIO002010, BIO006000, HIS056000
Dewey 370.92 [B]
Lexile 1260